small fry

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈsmall fry noun [uncountable]  people or things that are not important when compared to other people or things 〔相比之下不重要的〕小人物，小事情 There’s no point in arresting the small fry. 逮捕这些小卒子是毫无意义的。

Examples from the Corpus

small fry• Feeders are small fry, though they're well paid if the ransom's high.• Well, the reader may say, he's small fry, an easy target.• The Army seemed very small fry in comparison.• We were small fry compared with them.

ˈsmall fry nounChineseSyllable  

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small fry
ˈsmall fry noun [uncountable]
people or things that are not important when compared to other people or things:
    There’s no point in arresting the small fry.

small fryBrE /ˈsmɔːl fraɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsmɔːl fraɪ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable + singular or plural verb] (informal) people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else （相比较之下）不重要的人（或事物）◆That's small fry to her. 对她来说，那不值一提。🔊🔊◆People like us are small fry to such a large business. 对于这样一家大公司来说，我们这样的人不过是小鱼小虾。🔊🔊